Upper Inner Trim

Upper Inner Trim

REMOVAL

1. Pull the upper part of the front pillar upper trim towards the center of the vehicle.







2. Insert long-nose pliers into the top part of the trim, grip the clip with the pliers and twist 90° in that position.

CAUTION: Be careful not to damage the pillar trim surface and curtain airbag module when inserting the pliers.







3. Holding the clip twisted as in the previous step, remove the front pillar upper trim from the clip.







4. Remove the clip and the front pillar upper trim.







5. Remove the front inside scuff plate, rear inside scuff plate and center pillar lower trim.
6. Remove the shoulder anchor.







1. Remove anchor bolt cover (A).
2. Loosen the shoulder anchor bolt (B), and then detach the shoulder anchor from center pillar.

7. Remove the cap (B) on the upper side of the pillar trim, and remove the bolt.







NOTE: Remove molding (A), and remove the cap from the backside of the pillar trim being careful not to damage the trim.

8. Pull the upper trim clip part of the center pillar towards yourself along with the entire lower trim.







9. Spread the lower trim tab outward to disengage and pull the upper trim to remove.







INSTALLATION

CAUTION:
- Do not reuse the pillar trim upper clips. The securing strength of the clips is reduced once they are removed from the pillar trim. Reuse might result in the pillar trim falling off.
Always use new clips when installing the pillar trim.

- Before installing the pillar trim, check the condition of the protective fabric (white) of the curtain airbags. Replace the curtain airbag module assembly with a new module if the protective fabric is damaged (if the pink fabric of the airbag module can be seen).

1. Remove the remaining clips from the vehicle body.







2. Prepare new clips and install the front pillar trim.







3. Install the front pillar trim.
4. Install each part in the reverse order of removal.

Tightening torque
Refer to "COMPONENT" of "General Description". Upper inner trim: [Ref. to, INNER TRIM, COMPONENT, General Description.] Seat belt anchor: [Ref. to FRONT SEAT BELT, COMPONENT, General Description.]